Monday, May 14, 2001

First Robin Comments

Rating: 2.9

I dreaded that first robin so,
But he is mastered now,
And I'm accustomed to him grown,--
He hurts a little, though.
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Emily Dickinson
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* Sunprincess * 25 November 2015

.............a most astonishingly beautiful poem....love this adding to my favorites ★

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Seanchai the Storyteller 28 November 2006

I am convinced that this was written towards the end of Emily Dickinson's life when she knew she wouldn't last the year - dreading, yet anticipating the spring. So bittersweet, this awakening of the year!

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